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two of my big loves are fashion photography and music videos. i don’t even care when people say terrible things about the fashion photography biz or mtv… they are wrong. fashion photography is beautiful and music videos have had my heart since i saw Sade’s No Ordinary Love and wanted to be a mermaid foreva. i watch that video in its entirety at least four times a year. my other confession is that from the age of 9 to 12 i would stay up till daybreak watching fashion trance on the weekends. (if you’ve never seen it, you’ve clearly missed out)
today i fell upon these beautiful videos while surfing the web and also a list of the top 1o fashion films of the season. the video below is on there. AMAZING. it’s also amazing why more fashion photographers haven’t explored video. i’ve blogged about video before, it’s just so beautiful… whilst i was in journalism school all the talk was about how video is the new photo… blah, blah, blah. i don’t for one bit believe that video can ever replace photo but i DO DEFINITELY believe that photographers can harness the power of video and make shit amazing! like beautiful, mind blowing, art. if you are a great photographer, you have a great eye, why not try video? give it a whirl! i suppose everyone really is behind on the video wave, guy bourdin’s videos were listed in the top 10 of 2009…. hello, those videos were not made in 2009.
what i definitely DO NOT like is that all the cool fashion video work is coming from the Nick Knight/ SHOWstudio part of the world. WTF? are there really no other fashion photographers that have realized video is a really beautfiful element to add to their work? i get it, those guys are wildly intelligent and into beautiful things, but to everyone else: step the fuck up! i’m right on it…
props to kathryn ferguson for really bringing it on video #1. one of her blog posts is titled “experiments with crystals”. girl is cool. this film is tite! last two videos are nick knight, cause i just couldn’t resist posting them…
sixty to eighty peeps showed up to the first ever austin tweed ride. perfect weather… everyone is just so fancy…
read more about the ride here
these are the photos from the most fantastic, magical bicycle experience. the austin tweed ride.
you dress up in fancy london olde style tweed and ride bikes through lovely austin during a lovely sunday afternoon. there was music, dancing, elegant pipes, dapper men, and fancy ladies… and the loveliest bicycles.
i’m doing this post in segments because there are too many fantastic people to edit this down… more later. stay tuned. tomorrow it’s black and white. you DO want to see the rest.
I told myself I wouldn’t look at new work until everyone started photographing like Lillian Bassman… Well hello there, Camilla Åkrans. I forgot how much I loved you.
I could go on and on about Camilla all day. She puts the double M’s to shame, photographs ladies like delicate flowers, and photographs ladies like powerful winds. This lady blows it up all over: Numéro, Vogue Nippon, Vogue China, Harper’s Bazaar… you get my drift.
Camilla Akrans, I want to be you when I grow up… or maybe in five years.
all is well in the world with camilla at the click of a mouse. hello 2010.
dear family, i love you….
my first big photo project was in high school and i took individual portraits of my mom, sister, and dad. several photography professors have said that photographing family is hard because they are so self conscious and expect you to make them look their best. this is true. sometimes photographing your own family looks too forced, and sometimes it is boring, but to me right now these are perfect…
what a wonderful life when you shake it fast….. you can get your own faceshake booth too! www.imnotsquare.com
My etsy shop it up and running! Limited edition prints are now available for purchase. Affordable for everyone. I will be uploading prints every month and have a link to them on my blog. Big props to Kelty G for the idea.
Buy away! CLICK HERE FOR MY ETSY SHOP
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